The action begins six days after a series of explosions devastated Washington, D.C., targeting the National Counterterrorism Center and killing 185 people, including public officials and CIA employees. It was a bizarre act of extreme violence that called for extreme measures on the part of elite counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp and his trusted team member, Mike Nash.

Now that the initial shock of the catastrophe is over, key Washington officials are up in arms over whether to make friends or foes of the agents who stepped between the enemy's bullets and countless American lives regardless of the legal consequences. Not for the first time, Rapp finds himself in the frustrating position of having to illustrate the realities of national security to politicians whose view from the sidelines is inevitably obstructed.

Meanwhile, three of the al Qaeda terrorists are still at large, and Rapp has been unofficially ordered to find them by any means necessary. No one knows the personal, physical, and emotional sacrifices required of the job better than Rapp. When he sees Nash cracking under the pressure of the mission and the memories of the horrors he witnessed during the terrorist attack, he makes a call he hopes will save his friend, assuage the naysayers on Capitol Hill, and get him one step closer to the enemy before it's too late.

Once again, Rapp proves himself to be a hero unafraid "to walk the fine line between the moral high ground and violence" (The Salt Lake Tribune) for our country's safety, for the sake of freedom, for the pursuit of honor.

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Tom

Normal Thrill

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 4, 2022

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Mitch Rapp seems to know exactly what to do in the most dangerous of situations. But appears to have resigned himself to the fact he will always be the iron fist in the velvet glove.

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Daniel B.

not the best in the series but still a great read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 7, 2011

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What can I say? I love the character that Vince Flynn has created in Mitch Rapp. "Pursuit of Honor" is essentially "Extreme Measures, Part II". The story begins 6 days after the terrorist attacks on Washington, D.C. that were the culmination of "Extreme Measures". All of Flynn's Rapp novels contain references to previous books to one degree or another. In the case of "Pursuit", though, the references to "Extreme" are frequent and essential to the story line. I don't think anyone who hasn't read "Extreme Measures" is going to be able to fully understand or fully enjoy "Pursuit of Honor", so I highly recommend reading "Extreme Measures" before taking on this book.

Other reviewers of this book (and I'm talking about the ones who have actually read it, not the 1 star liberal reviewers who make a practice of trashing Flynn's books in spite of the fact they obviously haven't read them) have remarked that the story lines have become a bit predictable and I don't totally disagree with that criticism, hence the 4 star rating instead of 5. While I don't want to see Flynn retire Mitch Rapp, I think it may be time to either give him a rest or somehow try to freshen the story lines.

That said, this is still a really good read. Whining liberals (even the few that actually bother to read the book before trashing it, if there actually are any) will no doubt complain, as they always do, that Flynn's conservative political leanings are too much in evidence. To that, I would counter that most of the Democrat politicians in this book (particularly President Alexander and Senator Lonsford) actually come out as looking very patriotic and acting in the best interests of the nation (unlike most Democrat politicians in real life). The hypocritical Senator Ogden (who Flynn clearly and hysterically ties to the disgusting real-life Barbara Boxer with her "please don't call me maam, I've worked too hard for the title Senator" remark), on the other hand, comes across as an arrogant turd who is far more interested in making America's intelligence services fight our enemies with both hands tied behind their backs than in helping them keep our nation secure. You know, sort of like the real Senator Boxer is.

At the end of this book there are several loose ends left dangling - e.g., will Max Johnson be eliminated or join Rapp's team - same with the terrorist Hakim, and will the Russian gangster Peter Sidorov form an uneasy alliance with Rapp and become a recurring character? - that will almost certainly carry over to the next novel in the series, which I, along with all other fans of Vince Flynn, will eagerly await.

Vince Flynn is a fantastic author who has created a memorable character in Mitch Rapp. The fact that he makes liberals crazy and causes them to post negative reviews of books they clearly haven't read is simply an added bonus.

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Mitt Rapp is the Man

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 22, 2022

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Another excellent story by Vince Flynn. It is interesting how he tells both sides , from the good guys point and the bad guys side. It really tells you how bad the bad guys are and maybe one or two of them might be saved. It also tells a lot about about the Good guys . and also how really lousy some of the elected officials are.

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Harris L. Burchell

Great read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 24, 2022

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This is one that was hard to put down. Always keeping you thinking as to what could happen next. This is very scary to think things like this could happen here in the good USA.

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marlaw

A Good Read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 11, 2021

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“Pursuit of Honor” continues where “ Extreme Measures” left off. There is action, there is some predictability, there is a lot of bias in this series but there are the themes that good triumphs over evil and the end justifies the means that makes this a satisfying read. There are also some insights into the American psyche that are explored in an interesting way. The reader gets to choose whether to embrace or discard those insights. It seems as tho we will see more of newer characters in upcoming installments and role changes for others in the series. With time, will we see a President Nash? There is not as much action, but Kyle Mills is doing a good enough job keeping the series going. On to the next entry….

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Tom D

Not a standalone book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2012

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It should be pointed out that this book is basically a continuation of Extreme Measures. While one could probably read most of the Rapp novels without reading the previous one, this book is an exception. It really shouldn't be read before you read Extreme Measures.

There are several other problems with this book (this part is full of spoilers):

1) This book is really slow. Splitting one book into two makes him spend too much time on other characters. Extreme Measures was already one of his longest books, and he basically extended the book and split it into two.

2) The book is inconsistent with earlier novels in a very important respect: one of the main story points of this was that Nash was "exposed" as an undercover operative and could no longer work undercover. This completely ignores the fact that Rapp was "exposed" back in the Separation of Power/Executive Power two-parter, yet still works in the field.

3) The other characters are boring. Nash is just a really boring character, and he becomes the main character in this book.

4) Another inconsistency is actually explainable: in the prequels, Rapp worked extensively with Dr. Lewis. In these two books, they make no mention of that relationship. The same is true with the relationship between Kennedy and Hurley, who were very close to each other in the prequels. Of course, since the prequels were written afterwards, it seems that Flynn just came up with these points afterward.

5) The bad guys weren't really believeable. The leader was supposed to be a great tactical mind, but he can't read a simple map. The other main terrorist did all the logistics, but turned incredibly easily.

6) The Committee meeting was just really bad. The anti-abortion tirade was really unnecessary; the main Senator becoming a huge proponent of the CIA because of a single attack was also less than believable.

7) An aside, even though people here are complaining that Flynn is too right-wing, it should be pointed out that both this President (who hardly appeared in these two books) and the previous President were both Democrats portrayed as strong on defense.

8) One more editing error that I didn't see pointed out here--in the middle of a conversation between Rapp and Nash, Rapp refers to him as Coleman, who wasn't even there during the conversation. I don't know if that is a Kindle specific error. I also noticed that he combined the names of the two main terrorists at least once--although they are named Karim and Hakim, he calls Karim "Kakim" once.

This book (along with the previous) are the worst books of the entire Rapp series. I've read them all and I usually speed through them because they are so exciting. This one just dragged. Definitely start with the other books in the series--probably start with the prequels (American Assassin and Kill Shot) if you haven't read any of them.

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Mrs C Hutchinson.

Wish I was just starting series again and it was all still to be enjoyed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 15, 2016

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I am just so delighted with this series that I am dreading coming towards the end of it. Vince Flynn has created a fantastic character. The plots, characters, and pace of the books are enthralling. I find myself still missing sleep to see what happens next. I found this book slightly slower than previous ones since I think Mitch has become a lot more savvy about the political aspects of his work and attention has to be paid to how he balances that with his personal mission to thwart terrorism. Do start at the beginning of the series if you have not read any of this series before. You have a real exciting ride ahead of you.

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Chris Dodd

Pursuit Of Honour: Volume 12(The Mitch Rapp Series) By Vince Flynn

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 29, 2022

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There are not one of these books, that has not enthralled me. Vince Flynn is a great author, these books are great and anyone who has not read any, have missed a trick.

Nick

In pursuit of a different author

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 18, 2020

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It didn't finish. For the most part I was enjoying the plot, it was building towards a huge discovery and then just stopped. End of book. It wasn't even a cliff-hanger, just unfinished.
That was the final straw after reading a few in the series and basically reading the back story as unnecessary filler each time.

jrh

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 10, 2021

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If you enjoy Mitch Rapp then read this. Vince Flynn has written another first class book full of excitement that keeps you reading until the end.
Already looking forward to no.11

Ms. Yvonne Greene

Another great story from Vince Flynn

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 3, 2022

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Another hit for this author starring Mitch Rapp

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